Abstract Helen Adam (1909-1993) was a poet and visual artist of the San Francisco Renaissance. Born in Scotland, she garnered acclaim at a young age for her collection of poems titled The Elfin Peddlar. After attending Edinburgh University for two years Helen and her sister and frequent collaborator Pat Adam worked as journalists in London before moving to the United States with their mother in 1939. The family made their way to San Francisco, at the beginning of...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

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The Robert Duncan collection comprises over 100 linear feet of manuscript material, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, audio visual material, and printed material related to Robert Duncan’s (1919-1988) life and work, including a significant amount of material related to his partner, Jess (1923-2004), a visual artist who often collaborated with Duncan.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

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The Kristin Prevallet Helen Adam research papers document the processing of the Helen Adam collection and Prevallet’s research for A Helen Adam Reader and other related projects, ca. 1993-2007.